The junior guard came off the bench during his team's exhibition game against the University of Pikeville and about 5 minutes later hit a 3-point shot. As The Louisville Courier-Journal reports, "the KFC Yum! Center crowd of 19,227 lost it."

Last spring, Ware reacted to his injury with the kind of humor and confidence that brought him many fans. Check out his April appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. Among the "top 10 thoughts going through Kevin Ware's Mind" when he broke his leg was: ""Hey, look — my tibia!"

"He swirled into the lane, into traffic and trouble, and he was fouled hard. His body — including that right leg — smacked against the floor. The fans went silent. And then Ware stood back up and made a pair of free throws.